Travis Lulay

Travis Lulay (born September 27, 1983) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback.

In 2005, while playing at Montana State University – Bozeman he completed 223 passes in 388 attempts for 2,629 yards.

His passing percentage was 57.5%.

He threw for 17 passing TD's and 10 INT's. His quarterback rating was 123.7.

He graduated with a GPA of 3.91.

At the NFL Combine in 2006, Lulay came in first in the short shuttle drill and ranked among the top three quarterbacks in the three cone, broad jump and vertical jump.

After going undrafted, Lulay signed with the Seattle Seahawks on May 1, 2006, but was released during final cuts in September.

He was re-signed by the Seahawks on January 4, 2007, and was assigned to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa.

He was waived on April 8, 2008.

On May 14, 2008, Lulay signed with the New Orleans Saints.

He was waived on July 18.

On October 10, 2008, the Seattle Seahawks re-signed Lulay to their practice squad.

He was released again on December 3, 2008.

Lulay played ten seasons for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 2009 to 2018.

Lulay signed with the BC Lions on May 20, 2009, and impressed the coaching staff enough in training camp to insert him in the second pre-season game for three series, where he completed 8 of 10 passes for 140 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

He saw limited action in the regular season as the Lions used a total of five different quarterbacks due to injuries.

He left with school records for career passing yards (10,746-11th in NCAA Division I-AA history), single-season total offense, and total offense in a career, and in his four years led the Bobcats to three victories over their state rivals, the University of Montana Grizzlies.

In 2010, Lulay made his first professional start in the fourth game of the season against Toronto following injuries to starter Casey Printers and was expected to lead the Lions until Printers was ready to make his return to the lineup.

However, Lulay was replaced by Jarious Jackson during the fourth quarter of the August 7th game against Calgary and also started the following game against Saskatchewan.

Printers returned for the next game and won three out of the five games he started, but due to his turnover-filled back-to-back performances, he was replaced with Lulay as the starter in Game 13 against Winnipeg, which the Lions won.

After Lulay had a minor injury in the following game, again against Winnipeg, Printers came into the game to protect a 21-point lead.

The Blue Bombers stormed back to tie the game and force overtime, which was decided by Printers' game-clinching interception.

It was Casey's last game with the Lions as Buono released him soon after the game.

Consequently, Lulay became the undisputed starting quarterback, finishing the season 4–5 as a starter.

The Lions got off to a slow start, losing their first five games of the season and falling into last place in the league.

The Lions stopped their five-game losing skid in week 6, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 24–11.

In the following game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Travis Lulay struggled and was replaced in the third quarter by Jarious Jackson.

Following the loss to the Bombers, the Lions then went on to win eight games in a row, as not only Lulay but the team as a whole played much better football.

Lulay earned CFL Offensive Player of the Week Honours during weeks 10 and 18 and earned CFL Offensive Player of the Month for October.

In his first season as a full-time starter, Lulay won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in 2011 and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 Grey Cup.

He played college football at Montana State.

Prior to joining the Lions Lulay was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Berlin Thunder and New Orleans Saints.

Lulay led Montana State in rushing his senior year with 611 yards.

The Lions won the final two games of the regular season to finish with a record of 11–7, but more importantly they earned 1st place in the Western Conference.

Lulay was named the 2011 CFL's Most Outstanding Player.

In the Western Conference Finals game, Lulay threw for almost 300 yards as the Lions disposed of the Edmonton Eskimos and advanced to the Grey Cup Final which was held in BC Place.

On November 28, 2011, Lulay and the BC Lions defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in front of over 50,000 fans.

Lulay threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns and was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.

In 2012, Lulay had another strong season, leading the Lions to another first-place finish and a berth in the West Final.

Despite playing in just 16 games, he set career highs for completions, completion percentage and passer rating.